On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 03:04:20PM -0600, Jon Ciesla wrote:
Colin Walters wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 09:01:25AM +0200, Alexander Kurtakov wrote:
>>
>>> How can I take jna-posix? I need it for one of my projects but I don't
see a
>>> way to take it in pkgdb. I'm speaking for the devel branch because it
is
>>> possible to take F-12 branch.
>>>
>>>
>> jna-posix has been retired rather than simply orphaned. Walters, was there
>> a reason for that or is it simply that the package has sat around for long
>> enough that it needs a re-review?
>>
>
> To be honest it's been long enough I don't recall; is there no way to
> find out why a package was retired?
>
It should be in dead.package in the devel branch, if it was retired
properly.
No dead.package file. I do see that the last time the spec was updated
minus mass rebuilds was 2008. So it does need a re-review before being
unorphaned. That's a reason for it to be retired atm.
So to unretire:
Check out the package using:
cvs co -d :ext:USERNAME@cvs.fedoraproject.org/cvs/pkgs jna-posix
cd jna-posix/devel
Update the spec file to make sure it meets current packaging guidelines.
Submit for a review following:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_Review_Process
When done, open a cvsadmin request (and mention that it's a review
of a retired package). Then you'll be assigned as owner.
-Toshio